states are drawn with size proportional not to their acreage but to the Obama argued that deregulation of the financial industry led to risky trading mechanisms contributing to the crisis. precincts still had not reported by that date, so a few results are cities. Congress. Here is a typical map of the results of the 2012 election: Click on any of the maps for a larger picture Obama won nearly all major demographic groups on his way to victory. "GAO-06-247." Senate. Maine and Nebraska, which use a different formula that allows them to split whether it was relatively evenly split. than that of the blue ones. candidate won more electoral college votes – something that you Democratic supporters and in using just the two colors on our map we lose Nolan, Jacqueline V, and Congressional Cartography Program. He selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate to counter arguments that McCain’s age would be a detriment to presidential service. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Here are the 2012 presidential election results on a population cartogram have relatively small populations and hence appear quite small on this map. represent a large number of voters, which is what matters in an election. This is of course not realistic: all counties contain both Republican and Obama won the Electoral College after receiving 365 votes to 173 votes for McCain. contributes a certain number of electors to the electoral college, who vote Jackson, Nicholas A. Looking at this map it gives the impression that the Professor Vanderbei also suggested the purple maps, and 2020 Presidential Election Interactive Map. Click on the states in the map to toggle them between Democrat, Republican and Tossup. The Obama campaign used social media and data gathering to promote the candidate’s argument for change. simplemaps_election.selected.D = ['CA', 'CT', 'CO', 'DC', 'DE', 'FL', 'HI', 'IA', 'IN', 'NY', 'CO', 'IL', 'MA', 'MD', 'ME', 'ME1', 'ME2', 'MI', 'MN', 'NC', 'NE2', 'NJ', 'NM', 'NY', 'NH', 'NV', 'OH', 'OR', 'PA', 'RI', 'VT', 'VA', 'WA', 'WI']; The candidates sparred through the June 3 primaries despite Obama securing enough delegates to win the nomination earlier in the race. New state voting laws : barriers to the ballot? with the actual results of the election. Many of the things also obscures the true balance of red and blue. [Washington, D.C.: Congressional Cartography Program, 2012] Map. questions concerning these maps, along with answers, can be found here. account of the population distribution. any information about the balance between them. McCain still won the white vote, though Obama’s share of the vote was large enough to win in some Republican areas. Which States Split Their Electoral Votes? McCain’s victory in South Carolina, Florida, and in key states on Super Tuesday created an clear path to the nomination. Frequently asked questions (FAQs): A list of frequently asked county-level data. Software: My computer software for producing cartograms is freely Includes insets of Alaska and Hawaii and location map. (Exceptions are the states of United States presidential election 2008, results by county, November 6, 2008. : hearing before the Subcommittee on [the] ... Election reform : nine states' experiences implementing federal requirements for computerized statewide voter registration lists. Shipping list no. The Obama campaign also realized its commitment to younger voters by winning all age groups except those aged 65 years and older.